Fence-post and fence-stay.



* Y No. 7|0,03I. Patented Sept. 30, |902.

V. H. ABBUTT.

FENCE POST AND FENCE STAY.

(Application led Mar. 19, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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VIRGIL HOMER ABBOTT, YOFv CARRCLL'ION, KENTUCKY.

FENCE-POST AND FENCE-STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,031, dated September 30, 1902.

Application led March 19,l 1902. Serial No. 99,021. '(No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it nwty concern,.-

Be it known that LVIRGIL HoMER ABBOTT, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Carrollton, in the county of Carroll and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence- Posts and Fence-Stays, of which the following in a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain new and useful im provements in pence-posts, and has for its object a device of this character which shall permit of the dispensation of the wellknown objectionable nails, staples, and like fastening means, which must of necessity be driven or otherwise secured in the post for engagement with the strands or lengths of wire. Further, I propose to provide a novel device of this character which will readily enable the several strands-of wire to be si-` multaneously secured to the post and in such a manner that no outward pressure, however great, will cause the strands to be become disengaged from the post, which feature is common to staples, nails, and the like, which readily pull out from the post.

l Further objects of the invention reside in the simplicity, economical construction, ease of operation, and efficiency of the construction. Y

With the above and other objects in View the invention further resides in the novel details of construction and combination of parts, to be fully described in the following specification and then set forth in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

forming apart of this application, and wherein like characters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is an elevation of the invention, illustrating the ground broken away and showing the embedded base; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section through a post or stay.

The base D may be of any'form, though I preferably employ one having an open frame, as shown,which base is firmly embedded within the ground. At its upper end or portion the base is apertured and receives in the latter the threaded shank C, carried on the lower end of the post or stayE, a nut F, engaging on said shank C and against the lower face of the upper end of base D, .serving to securely imite the base and the stay or post.

On its outer face the post is flat and smooth and has formed therein horizontally a series of notches G, spaced so as to accommodate the number of strands of wire to be employed on the fence, the notches preferably inclinin g slightly upward. Intermediate the width of the post and having downwardly-inclined -engaging faces are a series of teeth I-I of less width than the post, the teeth being preferably formed orcastintegral with the post and having the lower end of their engaging facesin alinement with the lower wall formed on the post by said notches. Of course it will be understood that the teeth correspond in number to the strands employed.

In order to secure the strands in engagement with the post, I provide face-plate I, recessed, as shown at J, to receive the teeth H, the recesses tapering at their lower ends, as at K, to neatly seat on the inclined engaging face of the teeth. It will be noted that the lower end of the face-plate seats on the upper end of the base D, the face-plate along its length being held in engagement with the post by means of bolts B, passing through both, the tension of which may be readilyV adjusted through the nuts L on said bolts to draw the face-plate toward the post, as will be readily understood. The upper end of the post also carries a threaded shank M, receiving nut A of a size to extend over and engage the upper end of the face-plate.

The-above setsforth a practical embodiment of the invention, though it is'obvious various constructions may fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth.

Having thus fully described-my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In adevice of the type setforth, the combination with a base, of a post secured thereto and having a series of horizontally-disposed notches extending entirely across the outer face of the post, the said outer face of the post being flat and carrying a series of teeth centrally arranged and inclined slightly in an upward direction with their engaging faces in alinement with said notches, a faceplate having a dat inner face and provided IOO with apertures to receive .said teeth,said facepost, to receive the strands of wire, and a plate being clamped to the post and having face-plate having a Het inner face and proit-s inner face contacting With the outer face vided with apertures to receive the teeth, 15

of the post throughout, with separate Ineens with bolts and nuts for securing the inner 5 for clamping the face-plate to the post. face ofthe face-plate in contact with the outer 2. Inadevice of the type set forth, the comface of the post throughout, substantially as bination with a base, of a post having a at described.

outer face secured thereto, teeth centrall y arranged on said face of the post, with hori- VIRGIL HOMER ABBOTT' 1o zontally-disposed notches on the outer face of Witnesses:

the post extending entirely thereacross and GEO. B. WINSLOW, located at the junction of the teeth and Ithe l HENRY M. WINSLOW. 

